Bush’s Symbolic Exit Strategy Blocked

by | Nov 20, 2005 | Uncategorized

He was visibly irked. A reporter dared to say the American president seemed “off [his] game.” He blamed it on jet lag and used his greatest weapon for dodging questions — exit from the stage. President Bush not only reached for the wrong door, but he...

Can a US$100 Laptop Change the Future?

by | Nov 18, 2005 | Uncategorized

Scientists at M.I.T. believe it will. How? By blanketing schools in poor countries with these screaming green, do-it-all, wireless laptops. When more than 10 million children die each year from preventable conditions (PDF), this eye candy seems like it should be the...

Everyone Should Have a MAV

by | Nov 14, 2005 | Uncategorized

You’re stuck in traffic and can’t see ahead of you. You need a closer look at your boyfriend and the mystery woman at a restaurant and use thermal imaging at an apartment complex after dinner. Or you’re engaged in urban combat and need an eye in the...

Tamiflu® Economics

by | Nov 2, 2005 | Uncategorized

Worldwide, about 122 people have caught avian influenza (A/H5N1); and 62 of them died). They came in direct, intimate contact with infected birds or with someone who was in intimate contact with poultry. As migrating birds brought the potentially deadly strain to the...